Appliance for vessels.



E. F.ICRANE.

APPLIANCE FOR VESSELS. APPLICATION flLiD mw'24.191s.

1,169,128, v Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

E. F. (JRANEQ APPLIANCE FOR VE$SE$= APPLiCATION mu) MAY 24. 1915.

- Patented Jan. 25, 1916;

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

'. GEFZMES, Q? QEANfi-E, HEW JERSEY.

sssmmmo my, VESSELS.

Spccifiofdon of Letters Patent.

'l mentod Jan. 25, i316.

cs a spocification.

Appliances for- V-osseis, of which tho 'foiiow Water; is"; partial sectional v'i-ew coo, through the cssei a-zo ono'of the con- 2: s wick which the v essei is provided; 1-: is o 33km View ofa coma-finer; Fig. ssctionol' view when through the oof iotioail ino 5-43, Fig; Fig.

a who cioiii Zinc Fig. 1 Fig. 7 is "a oufsside View of a contaiilcr, ani a sectionai view through time piano iofi'cefi 88, Fig. 6, fio oking o section indicated 335 312 arrows in 233E 16, o f- Simiiar. loci/ass of reference gesi'gzlate corrssponziing ports in oi the figures I fiesignatos the hullof a vessel shown as psovided with containers, B" Each con- "zcioor E is shown as providcd with a buoy, C, which formso head or cover. for its con B, moo thcbuoy C has-a hollow body and a, oiose m? provided with zi spidor or crown, D, on which electric light bulbs, E, are shown as arrangofi. bulbs E arc shown as connected with fliers E, by means of wires, .9 eQ-Iwhich WiISS shownas in commotion with con- 3};085, e The battery E, wires 6 e as "moi: piccose are shown as arranged in: 431s bofly of the buoy C. Bods, as F are shown as mounted on the outmozads o1 rock shafts 7" sides tho buoy C, 'A signaling o, such as o fiag, f, may he provider} at d rod c1161" "ho other one? amt 7:

describe my improvomeots imi fi detail choc; po nt out tho novel features sectional View taken bhrougia the plane Theso 7 electric to the vcssei through tho opening a.

journaled at $1 buoy Q being in posicioz as a 4:3 ivheuthe buoy C isz'est-ing properly on 1 3s container B When tho buoy C is in position on iss container B the weighted ends 02% the rods normally rcsc on pins, 5 snown as arrangsdon the skies of tho co container.

G deslgnates tobmg, one end of which is shown as scsndiog Within and protected by the spider D, whence it isled down through 1 the buoy C, within the container B and cfi through its mom, thence through an open ing 9 in the 11121}. and ihroogh suitable packing g heroiow'iiich will prevent the entmncc of Waco to the vessel but will permit tho-tubing to siig: hrough, Thence the tubing leads down wioin the fcsse} and its 1 length is siorod therein, as bybein'g coiled Within a receiver 9 as best seen Fig. 3Q At 01' near the end of the tiibin G- which is attached to the baby {7, suita 1o means, such for instance as a valve, may, if desired, be employed to prevent the ingress'crc' water mm -the tubing G. g

G" designates an oil pump in tho vessel A through which. air may, if desired, be so drawn into iho vessel In the drawings I have shown a telephone cable H wofinc? around thojtubing G but if. prcferrsd'iho teicphone cable might be arrangeci wiihinj the t ub iog G or otholfii isc attachedto the buoy A suitable tabsphone instrument H 'isl located in thoyossel A and connected with the cable rope, I, is shown as attached ai'one oiidlto the bottom of-thc buoy at its oiher and to a suitable cable or chain, l'v Qiic entl ofthe cable or chain? passes'fhro kg h -a suitable opening; a, in the hull-A 9.1115

shown 'asattached to a "cap, 1 to "hick cap braces, I, are shown as secure? A, rooer oackinq'. a .ma of coui'se' be a. g 7 ,1) a I provided to prevent the entrance o f wa tec J J fiesig'nato rods shown as held 131' place on the sides of the cont-ainer'B bysuitabie guides, b. The upper ends of these, rods J J are showo as bent or hooked at j 53, while the lower ends of *he rods .5 J are shown as passing into the 1111i cnci as provided with hand Wheels, 5', Suitable pack tog may, of course, be employed as at j io proves; inc flow of wccr 11 so fig vessel.

the buoy and hold the buoy secure?! 1 turning the rods J portions j 7' thereof from over the will causethe end of the-rod Y .attached to drop and the end of the rod'F to head or cover for its container B the rods ,J J may be soturned that the books or bent portions 7' jkthereof will fit over on in place, and a rubber gasket is may, sired, be used to insure a close joint tween the buoy C and its container and keep the contents of the latter dry.

Should the vessel become submerged the hand wheels 7" 7" may be turned, thereby so J as to remove the hooked buoy.C and thus enable the buoy C to rise. As the buoy C rises it carries up with it the rods F and the weighted ends of the rods vF will cease to rest on the pins 6. The. weight 'f' F to which it is which the flag f is attached to rise, asindicated in dotted lines in Fig. 7. At the same time the electric switch ,0 attached to the rock shaft f will be. brought into contact '1 with the contact pieces e,,thereby closing the electric circuit and lighting up the bulbs E.

'- the packed opening g from within the receiver g',-and it also car- As the buoy C rises it of course carries up with it the and uncoils its length ries up with it the comparatively light rope -I which uncoils from the container B; The

- Iatterwill be of snfiicient size to hold a good a good sized coil of the rope I,

sized coil of the cab'le'or chainI as well as shouldbe light enough to' permit the rise of the buoy but strong'enough to be used for raising the cable'or chain.

When the buoys C reach the surface of the water they float thereon as shown in Fig. 2

and display 'slgnalssuch as the flag and the electric lights. 1 7,

By means of the air pump G air may be drawn into the vessel through the tubing G connectedto one of the buoys C and air may be carried from the vessel throughthe tu,bin Jr, connected with the other buoy C. Vhen a rescuing vessel reaches'the buoy I. C the buoy may be drawn on board such rescuing vessel and a telephone instrument properlyattached to the cable so as to permit communication with the interior of the submerged vessel. The cables or chains v,I may be drawn up by means of the ropes I, 1 and when the cablesor chains I are 'ched the submer ed vesselmaybe therem i g is in place, the body' of said buoy being holebydrawn to'the surface. V It will, of course, be readily understood that'instead, of placing the containers B on the outside of the vessel such containers might be countersunk within the hull, leav inglthe buoy'C exposed.

y myfimprovements I provide means by being attached end o'fthe tubing passing through said buoy,

tubing G, which slides through and the rope 1 them,

. a rock shaft journaled in the buo secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a vessel, acon tainer mounted on its hull, the bottom df the container and the hull having registering openings with packing therein, a cable havll'lg-ltS lower end secured in the hull and its body passing through one of said openings and stored within the container, and a tubing stored within the hull and its body pass mg; through the other of said openings; of a uoy normally closing the upper end of the container, the upper end of the cable to said buoy and the upper and means within the vessel forreleasing the 'buoy from the container.

2. The combination with a vessel, acontamer mounted thereon the bottom of the container and the hull of the vessel having lower end is fast within the hull and whose body passesthrough said openings and is stored within the container, secured to the upper endofthe able and also stored within the container; of a buoy mounted above said ropes and having its top overlying the upper end ofsaid container and packed for makinga close joint there with, and means operablefrom within the vessel for maintaining the buoy in position or releasing it.- 3. The combination with a container carried by the hull. of a vessel, and a stop on the wall of the ontainengof a buoy mounted on the' container, a flexible line c'onnecting' a rod pivotally mounted on the buoy What I claim s my invention and desire to registering openings, a heavy cable .whose and a light rope its .saidstop when the. buoy is .in place, and a signal at the other end of the rod raised 'by the descent of said weighted end as the buoy rises.

4. The combination with a container car ried by the hull of a vessel, and a stop on the wall of the container;jof a buoy mounted on the container, a flexible line connecting them,

y, a rod secured across one end of theshaft and having aweight resting on said stop when the buoy low, electric lights carried upon such buoy,

hollow body, a circuit connectingit with the lights, contacts arranged withm said err-- cuit, and a switch at the Inner end of said a generator therefor mounted-within the rock shaft adapted toclose the circuit ber tween such contacts when'said weight falls.

5-. Thecombination with a support mountedon the hull of a vessel, 'a in on said support, and a hollow floating e meat mounted on the support and carrying a spider; of :1 element, and switching mea'ns for closing rock shaft jom'naled in said e1ement, a r051. the circuitfrom the generator to the signal, 10 fa st across its outer end and having a signal said means being carried by the inner end of at one extremityand a eight at, the other the rock shaft.

extremity resting on said pin to depress said A -ED\VARD F. CRANE. flag when thQCICXIIGDt IS in position on the Witnesses: support, an electric slgnal 0n said spider, a Bonn A. NORTON, generator fox" such elgn'zil located Within the J. R. BOWEN. 

